Quality Assurance (QA) is one of the integral parts of software development process. Every component and piece of a software module has to pass through quality assurance before they are deployed. It is the duty of the QA team to ask right questions, and communicate issues and bugs to developers and product owners, so that they can be fixed quickly. However, there are diverse people with different skill sets and roles in a project team that present communication challenges to QA, most notably coding abilities. Having screenshots and screenshots analysis tools in place help to overcome the communication challenges and make the process effective and efficient.

Communication is crucial to reinforce effectiveness. As a picture tells a thousand words, explanatory screenshot tells a million. Screenshots help people learn, they grab attention and explain tough concepts in simpler manner. Embedding a screenshot analysis tool for quality assurance in a development process make it easier for QA team to communicate issues with the project team and stakeholders; developers, managers, and even support, marketing, and sales engineering. This helps to make the process seamless by reducing the communication friction and improving work efficiency. Read more…